Donald Ali

donaldali@yahoo.com • 757-652-3684 • GitHub: github.com/donaldali

Objective

Full-stack software developer position, preferably involving Ruby on Rails, with any front end stack

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, May 2011

Faculty Honors, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011; Dean’s List, Spring 2002

Macon State College, Macon, GA

Associate of Science in Computer Science, May 2001

President’s List, Fall 1999 - Spring 2001; National Dean’s List; All-USA Academic Team

Additional Education: Studied, and created projects for some of, various online and offline resources including: Metaprogramming Ruby 2, Design Patterns in Ruby, Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby, Beginning Ruby, The RSpec Book, The Rails 4 Way, Rails Guides, Ruby on Rails Tutorial, Learn to Code HTML & CSS, HTML Dog, Eloquent Javascript, JavaScript is Sexy, javascript.info, learn.jquery, The Odin Project, Thoughtbot's Upcase, and The Go Programming Language.

Employment

Sonar Sep 17 - Dec 17

Software Developer Independent Contractor

Fixed bad data in multiple large tables and implemented guards to prevent future bad data
Updated gem interacting with company API

Coshx Labs Apr 15 – Feb 17

Software Developer

Worked on agile team creating mobile eye-testing app for iOS and Android with Cordova
Fully tested and developed complex proprietary client algorithm for patient alerts
Built real-time opinion collection, aggregation, reporting app across multiple locations
Created Rails API and Node server for mobile application
Collaborated with designers to modernize client websites

US Navy, USS Boise (SSN-764) Sept 04 – Sept 09

Fire Control Technician

Operated and Maintained multi-million dollar BYG-1 Fire Control System on USS Boise (SSN-764)
Maintained interface between BYG-1 and ship’s LAN
Supervised and trained 5 junior Fire Control Division members
Held Top Secret security clearance

Personal Projects

Odinbook: TDD of a Facebook clone with Rails, Coffeescript, Ajax, and Websockets. View on GitHub.
Chess: TDD of a two-player CLI Chess game with Ruby and RSpec. View on GitHub.
Where's Waldo: Rails back end and JavaScript front end for photo tagging game. View on GitHub.
Missile Command: Classic game developed with JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas. View on GitHub.

Skills

Ruby, Ruby on Rails, RSpec
JavaScript, jQuery, Meteor, Ajax
Postgres, Mongo, Redis
HTML/Haml, CSS/SCSS
Go, Ember, React (personal interests)
Java, C, Lisp (from college)

Awards, Honors

Gates Millennium Scholarship
Boeing College of Computing Scholarship
Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society
3 Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medals during 3 year tour on USS Boise
Academic Excellence Award, Recruit Training Command

Activities

Volunteer Teacher, Railsbridge
Volunteer Teacher, Rails school at Noisebridge, San Francisco, CA
Regularly attends tech Meetups in the SF area
Code for Hampton Roads, Code for America, Volunteer, Norfolk, VA
Fire Control Division, Training Petty Officer, USS Boise (SSN-764)
Black Student Unification, Treasurer, Macon State College
Peer Tutor, Academic Resource Center, Macon State College